Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The contrary view, held by some of the Founders and most economic historians today, is that it was a totally unnecessary evil. A bad thing that slave owners did because it enriched them personally but that was just was morally wrong and counterproductive to development. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 26, 2020 Hibernated

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I take it Cotton thinks he’s disagreeing, but what he says here is identical to the (probably wrong imo) “history of capitalism” thesis that’s endorsed in the 1619 Project he hates. https://t.co/f2XOkht3Cb https://t.co/9t73u3mKMh — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 26, 2020 Hibernated

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RT @CT_Bergstrom: These are the kind of approaches that we need to be pursuing with massive federal investment. You could throw any amount… — PolitiTweet.org

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